Hadith 129

And it is informed to me by the sheykh Muhammad Bin Idrees, raising it, said, ‘It is said, the holder of the poems of the poets, and his name is Sabit Bin Jabir, is from chief of the Arabs. He said, ‘I shall inform you of the chief of the Arabs, Abu Talib-asws Bin Abdul Muttalib-asws’. And it was said to Al-Ahnaf Bin Qays, ‘From where did you attain this ruling, and learnt this wisdom? ’ He said, ‘From the wisest one of his time and wisest his time, Qays Bin Aasim Al-Minqary’. And it was said to Qays, ‘Who did you see as wise, so you were wisened, and who did you see as learned, so you learnt? ’ He said, ‘From the wise one whose wisdom does not deplete at all, Aksam Bin Sayfi Al-Tameemi. And it had been said to Al-Aksam, ‘From who did you learn the wisdom, and the governance, and the forbearance, and the chieftainship? ’ He said, ‘From the ally of the wisdom and the discipline, chief of the non-Arabs and the Arabs, Abu Talib-asws Bin Abdul Muttalib-asws’’. [205]